[ExI] Gaian Bottleneck

Stuart LaForge avant at sollegro.com
Sun Jan 24 06:48:42 UTC 2016


The important thing to remember about bottlenecks is that they imply *something* can get through them.

On a related note, some new data on KIC 8462852 aka Tabby's Star:

http://arxiv.org/abs/1601.03256

Synopsis: The comet swarm hypothesis for the strange periodic 20 % dimming of the star just got effectively ruled out.

Examination of archival photographic plates of the star spanning much of the 20th century show that in addition to the massive periodic dips in brightness we are observing now, the star as whole has been undergoing a slow dimming over the course of the last century.

The extent of the of the dip has been measured to be about .193 magnitude over the observed span.

Thoughts? Anders?

Stuart LaForge


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